Germany

Germany’s plan to spend about €35 billion ($40.4 billion) on military space has in effect spurred an industrial arms race.

MTU Aero Engines is urging the French and German governments to take “necessary steps” to preserve the expertise and industrial capabilities created to support the development of an advanced powerplant for a European sixth-generation combat aircraft.

Rafael would produce its Iron Dome air and missile defense system in Germany if Berlin opts to buy the system, company CEO Yoav Tourgeman says.

German industry must have a fair share in Airbus' Next-Generation Single-Aisle, Katherina Reiche, federal minister for economic affairs and energy, said June 9.

With Germany taking the lion’s share of new-production Eurofighters, Airbus Defense and Space’s final assembly line in Manching has not been this busy since the mid-2010s.

The German Air Force is undergoing an intense period of modernization through the end of the decade that will do more than just revitalize its core air dominance role, says Luftwaffe Inspector Lt. Gen. Holger Neumann.

Aviation Week editors discuss how Europe is reshaping its military and commercial aviation sectors amid growing security concerns.

European defense tech startup Stark has unveiled a tube-launched loitering munition and quadcopter for potential weaponization.

Lufthansa Technik is preparing to ramp up its defense activities as Germany starts introducing into service a range of new aircraft.

Circumstances and priorities can change rapidly and targets can quickly be forgotten, but there can be no doubting Germany's commitment to expanding its military capabilities.

A German developer of a military rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system has completed two first flights in just three days.

Switzerland says binding bids are in to field an air and missile defense system to gap fill and augment the delayed delivery of U.S. Patriot systems.

OHB and Rheinmetall finalized their plans for a joint venture to pursue a German military proliferated low-Earth-orbit communications satellite program.

The German market is an early proving ground for companies vying to equip European air forces with collaborative combat aircraft to augment crewed fighters.

As German civil aerospace copes with multiple overlapping crises, preparations for the next-generation narrowbody aircraft are accelerating.

German electric aircraft startup Vaeridion has started producing battery packs at its new facility in Oberpfaffenhofen.

Poland and the UK are set to push ahead with development of a new medium-range surface-to-air missile.

Space-to-cloud data and analytics company Spire Global is looking to team up with German automotive supplier Schaeffler in a bid to scale up production.

Airbus Defense and Space CEO Michael Schöllhorn hopes France and Germany will finally resolve the path forward for the New Generation Fighter program by ILA.

Germany revamps defense procurement agency to streamline processes and boost modernization with new centers and closer industry collaboration.

H2Fly advances hydrogen-electric aviation with new fuel cell systems and aircraft integration services while targeting 2 kW/kg performance threshold.

Deutsche Aircraft wants to reenter the regional market with its D328eco, seeing broad potential, but building the aircraft after a 20-year hiatus is complex.

Germany has massive defense spending plans. Here’s what they look like.

Newcomers enter the German defense industrial landscape as established players pivot to address the country’s surging appetite for weapons.

Business jets used to fly military VIPs. Now they are being pressed into front-line duty.